Fresh Fiction

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Oct 21, 2026 C As compelling as it is confounding and as fun as it is frustrating, it’s amongst the year’s most perplexing pictures. Go to Full Review Clayface (2026) 75% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Oct 14, 2026 A Brian Duffield and Daniel Kraus take us on a harrowing, healing and heartrending ride through the literal belly of a beast. I was a blubbering mess. Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 73% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Oct 9, 2026 2 out of 5 If you’ve seen the teaser trailer, then you’ve basically seen the best part of this movie. Go to Full Review Other Mommy (2026) 19% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Oct 3, 2026 B Part tawdry, 90s-style erotic thriller, part neo-gothic hagsploitation camp, it plays like dumbed-down du Maurier. And it’s exactly my kind of stupid, silly smut. Go to Full Review Verity (2026) 31% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 29, 2026 A Coupled with Tom Cruise’s brilliantly committed, tour de force performance, an entire ensemble at the peaks of their careers and exquisite production design that also deserves top billing, it’s a veritable masterclass in filmmaking. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 23, 2026 B+ Ayer and Alexander craft a harrowing, contemplative and heartrending adventure centered around themes of trust, loyalty, rescue and perseverance in the darkest times. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 85% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 22, 2026 D- When the press tour’s fashions paying homage to iconic rom-com heroines are far more beguiling and interest-provoking than the movie that’s being promoted, that’s a huge problem. Go to Full Review The Love Hypothesis (2026) 73% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 21, 2026 3.5 out of 5 Oppenheim’s satirical biopic examines what was percolating behind the scenes of the show that escorted reality TV and the news media into morally murky territory. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 20, 2026 A A loving tribute to the weirdos of the world whose creative spirits run wild, as well as a celebration of female friendship and Filipino culture, it’s not only one of the best animated films of the year, it’s one of the best films of the year. Period. Go to Full Review Forgotten Island (2026) 95% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 16, 2026 A- Cregger and Hatten have concocted a wild, hilarious, unpredictably bonkers thrill ride from start to finish with nary a moment to catch your breath. They’re cooking with napalm. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 15, 2026 B- Part educational schooling on the universal building material, part loving tribute to eccentric New York City residents, it’s a wholly unique, ridiculously weird look at a subject that does more than scratch the surface. Go to Full Review The History of Concrete (2026) 97% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 8, 2026 C- While this legasequel 28 years in the making does hold some strong thematic resonance, it makes us work overtime to uncover that clarity, only to make us wish it cast that spell in a tighter window of time. Go to Full Review Practical Magic 2 (2026) 36% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 7, 2026 4 out of 5 Na Hong-jin emphasizes that Big Fun is on the menu - and he cooks up a feast, delivering an irrepressible, impressive sci-fi thriller. Go to Full Review Hope (2026) 79% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 4, 2026 3.5 out of 5 Buddy is a subversive middle finger to the generations that didn’t adequately prepare millennials and Gen Z for adulthood. ‘90s kids will feel seen, heard and – possibly – scared. Go to Full Review Buddy (2026) 88% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Sep 1, 2026 2 out of 5 Onslaught is an unpleasant, ultraviolent grindhouse offering retrofitted for the 2AM cable TV crowd once they’re high as a kite. Go to Full Review Onslaught (2026) 60% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Aug 25, 2026 A A hilariously deranged feature that delivers unabashedly loony, inspired slapstick comedy and whip smart storytelling. Perfect for all ages, it’s absurdist comedy for the masses. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Aug 19, 2026 B+ Disturbingly spooky, frighteningly fun and terrifyingly effective, it’s the scariest Insidious sequel yet. Go to Full Review Insidious: Out of the Further (2026) 58% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Aug 19, 2026 B+ Blood-splattering, brutal and brawny, it gets the job done, scratching the itch for a satisfying, tight flick. Go to Full Review Mutiny (2026) 50% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Aug 12, 2026 B+ Filled with psychedelic hilarity and hijinks, it’s a blazing new cult classic. Go to Full Review The Wrong Girls (2026) 61% - -

Courtney Howard Fresh Fiction Aug 12, 2026 2 out of 5 Robert David Mitchell’s play for Amblin-esque nostalgia comes across as cheap, sloppy and reductive of many films before it. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -